The Velvet Underground

New York art-rock band whose drone, street realism, and Warhol adjacency seeded punk, indie, and noise lineages.

Biography

New York art-rock band whose drone, street realism, and Warhol adjacency seeded punk, indie, and noise lineages.

Influence

Often summarized as 'few sold, everyone who heard formed a band'—an exaggeration that points at real downstream density.

Historical context

New York art-rock band whose drone, street realism, and Warhol adjacency seeded punk, indie, and noise lineages. Often summarized as 'few sold, everyone who heard formed a band'—an exaggeration that points at real downstream density. The banana cover (Andy Warhol) made the LP an art object before many buyers heard the feedback and narcotic reportage inside.

Associated instruments

Electric Guitar
Vocals
Viola
Bass
Drums

Specimen note

The banana cover (Andy Warhol) made the LP an art object before many buyers heard the feedback and narcotic reportage inside.